Monday, January 30

My sister usually takes me to Brickerville House Restaurant for breakfast sometime near my birthday. It was a bit early this year because she is very busy next week.

It is one of the closest restaurants to our house – and Nancy’s. I enjoy going here because of the delicious food and interesting history.

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From the Internet:

The Brickerville Family Restaurant, as we know the building today, had early origins in Lancaster County. Early records show that the building was constructed on a tract of land which was warranted to Valentine Stover in 1732. A title, or patent, to this property was then given to Wendel Horning on Jan. 27, 1763.

A letter was examined at the Lancaster County Historical Society in July 2011 that was written by Mary E. Lewis, Decatur, Ill., to a Sophie Bricker, Lititz, in 1927. Lewis mentions her great-grandfather, John Henry Bricker, who came to the United States with his four brothers from Prussia and settled in Lancaster County. She states that John Bricker bought land and built a stone tavern or house. Teamsters would stop there to feed their horses and would remain there overnight early on.

If you are interested in the history of Brickerville and Brickerville House Restaurant, go to: http://lititzrecord.com/news/peter-bricker-and-the-history-of-the-brickerville-hotel-part-1-of-a-2-part-series/

We can talk nonstop and have to eventually stop and go home. 🙂

Both of us got a version of eggs benedict and brought half of it home for another meal.

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I love spending time with her – my favorite sister.